| FINAL STANDINGS 1. Australia 2. Japan 3. Chinese Taipei 4. Russia 5. United States 6. Sweden 7. CANADA 8. Czech Republic 9. Portugal 10. Hungary 11. Argentina 12. Lithuania 13. Poland 14. Chile 15. Korea 16. Uganda | CANADIANS Ceejay Nofuente (Toronto, Ont./Humber) Jaelyne Kirkpatrick (Oakville, Ont./U of Illinois) Mariah Nunes (Ajax, Ont./Ryerson) Kellie Ring (Ottawa, Ont./Ryerson) Megan Lindquist (Saskatoon, Sask./U of Saskatchewan) Mael Gilles (Montreal, Que/Rutgers) Paige Crozon (Humboldt, Sask./U of Utah) Catherine Traer (Chelsea, Que./Carleton) Abigail Fogg (Sault Ste. Marie, Ont./U of South Dakota) Alison Keough (Marion Bridge, N.S./Cape Breton) Alex Kiss-Rusk (Beaconsfield, Que/McGill) Angela Bongomin (Regina, Sask./U of Regina) Fabian McKenzie – coach Chantal Vallée – assistant Nate McKibbon – assistant Patrice Pepin – therapist Ryan Nguyen – performance analyst Elaine Sun – team leader Jacquelyn Corkum – physician |
| POOL A | TPE | SWE | HUN | CHI | Record | ||
| Chinese Taipei | —– | 65-58 | 76-64 | 111-44 | (3-0) | ||
| Sweden | 58-65 | —– | 85-57 | 82-39 | (2-1) | ||
| Hungary | 64-76 | 57-85 | —– | 63-41 | (1-2) | ||
| Chile | 44-111 | 39-82 | 41-63 | —– | (0-3) | ||
| POOL B | JPN | CAN | POR | KOR | Record | ||
| Japan | —– | 85-65 | 69-37 | 91-47 | (3-0) | ||
| Canada | 65-85 | —– | 56-45 | 79-42 | (2-1) | ||
| Portugal | 37-69 | 45-56 | —– | 59-50 | (1-2) | ||
| Korea | 47-91 | 42-79 | 50-59 | —– | (0-3) | ||
| POOL C | USA | CZE | POL | UGA | Record | ||
| United States | —– | 73-52 | 102-53 | 121-34 | (3-0) | ||
| Czech Republic | 52-73 | —– | 57-52 | 85-59 | (2-1) | ||
| Poland | 53-102 | 52-57 | —– | 88-57 | (1-2) | ||
| Uganda | 34-121 | 59-85 | 57-88 | —– | (0-3) | ||
| POOL D | RUS | AUS | LIT | ARG | Record | ||
| Russia | —– | 63-58 | 59-52 | 67-57 | (3-0) | ||
| Australia | 58-63 | —– | 78-71 | 69-47 | (2-1) | ||
| Lithuania | 52-59 | 71-78 | —– | 73-46 | (1-2) | ||
| Argentina | 57-67 | 47-69 | 46-73 | —– | (0-3) | ||
| 9-16th | Hungary 78 v Korea 62 | |
| 9-16th | Argentina 70 Poland 66 | |
| 9-16th | Portugal 62 Chile 31 | |
| 9-16th | Lithuania 92 Uganda 55 | |
| QF | Chinese Taipei 76 Canada 67 | |
| QF | Australia 76 United States 69 | |
| QF | Japan 90 Sweden 51 | |
| QF | Russia 69 Czech Republic 54 | |
| 13-16th | Chile 58 Uganda 50 | |
| 13-16th | Poland 79 Korea 56 | |
| 9-12th | Hungary 68 Argentina 54 | |
| 9-12th | Portugal 59 Lithuania 54 | |
| 5-8th | United States 80 Canada 75 | |
| 5-8th | Sweden 85 Czech Republic 76 | |
| Semi | Australia 79 Chinese Taipei 75 | |
| Semi | Japan 84 Russia 63 | |
| 16th | Korea 90 Uganda 88 | |
| 13th | Poland 66 Chile 52 | |
| 11th | Argentina 89 Lithuania 74 | |
| 9th | Portugal 61 Hungary 54 | |
| 7th | Canada 84 Czech Republic 68 | |
| 5th | United States 86 Sweden 65 | |
| Bronze | Chinese Taipei 81 Russia 66 | |
| Final | Australia 85 Japan 78 | |
In its opener, Canada clipped Portugal 56-45. Portugal led 12-8 after one quarter and 28-22 at the half. Canada led 44-36 after three quarters. Canadian coach Fabian McKenzie said “shaky first half for us today but challenged them at halftime and they responded incredibly well. The young ladies connected really well in the second half on the court. We’ve been talking about connection all summer and they had probably the best half of connected basketball we’ve seen. Still have to work out some kinks for the next two round robin games but great start and we’re looking forward to keeping things rolling.” Paige Crozon said “it was a great way to start the University Games. We got the win today and we’re looking to build on that tomorrow.” Paige Crozon paced Canada with 16 on 4-8 from the floor, 2-3 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 6 boards, 2 assists and 3 blocks. Ceejay Nofuente added 9 on 3-7 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 3-4 from the line, 3 boards and 2 assists. Abigail Fogg added 8 on 3-8 from the floor, 2-5 from the line and 9 boards. Alexandra Kiss-Rusk scored 6 on 2-3 from the floor, 2-2 from the line and 11 boards. Jaelyne Kirkpatrick scored 5 on 1-3 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 7 boards and 4 assists. Megan Lindquist added 4 on 0-1 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc and 1-2 from the line. Mael Gilles added 4 on 1-1 from the floor, 2-2 from the line and 3 boards. Catherine Traer scored 3 on 0-1 from the floor, 1-5 from the arc and 2 blocks. Kellie Ring added 1 on 0-3 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 2 boards and 2 steals, while Mariah Nunes, Alison Keough and Angela Bongomin were scoreless. Canada hit 18-48 (.380) overall, 13-29 (.450) from the floor, 5-19 (.260) from the arc and 15-23 (.650) from the line, while garnering 52 boards, including 14 on the offensive glass, 11 assists, 25 turnovers, 4 steals, 7 blocks and 11 fouls. Joana Cortinhas paced Portugal with 15 on 4-8 from the floor, 2-6 from the arc, 1-1 from the line and 2 boards. Josephine Filipe added 8 on 1-1 from the floor and 2-4 from the arc. Ines Viana scored 5 on 1-6 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 3 boards and 5 assists. Maianca Umabano scored 5 on 1-4 from the floor and 1-4 from the arc. Jessica Almeida added 4 on 0-7 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 1-2 from the line and 8 boards. Joana Soeiro added 3, Isabel Costa 3, along with 4 boards, and Ines Pinto 2, along with 3 steals, while Joana Canastra, Ana Santos, Sara Ressurreicao and Sofia Pinheiro were scoreless. Portugal hit 16-65 (.250) overall, 8-35 (.230) from the floor, 8-30 (.270) from the arc and 5-7 (.710) from the line, while garnering 27 boards, including 10 on the offensive glass, 9 assists, 7 steals and 21 fouls.
Canada improved to 2-0 by clocking Korea 79-42 after leading 19-7, 38-13 and 55-28 at the quarters. “A great second game for our girls, who played really well as a group. We really dominated on the glass and took away the three-point shot for most of the game, which made a huge difference for us. We forced them to take some bad shots and dominated inside the paint to pull away early and maintain that lead. Great win to get us into the medal round, but we focus on Japan coming up tomorrow,” said coach Fabian McKenzie. Alison Keough said “it was a great win for the team and we are looking to carry the momentum into tomorrow’s game against Japan.” Alison Keough paced Canada with 11 on 4-7 from the floor, 3-4 from the line, 6 boards, 3 assists and 2 steals. Jaelyne Kirkpatrick added 10 on 3-3 from the floor, 4-4 from the line, 3 boards and 2 assists. Abigail Fogg added 10 on 4-9 from the floor, 2-4 from the line and 8 boards. Alexandra Kiss-Rusk added 10 on 5-6 from the floor and 10 boards. Paige Crozon scored 8 on 2-6 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 7 boards and 4 assists. Ceejay Nofuente scored 6 on 3-5 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 6 boards and 2 assists. Mariah Nunes scored 6 on 1-3 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 1-2 from the line, 2 boards and 4 assists. Megan Lindquist added 6 on 1-3 from the floor, 0-3 from the arc, 4-4 from the line and 3 boards. Catherine Traer scored 5 on 1-1 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc and 3 boards. Angela Bongomin scored 4 on 2-3 from the floor and 5 boards. Mael Gilles scored 3 on 1-4 from the floor, 1-2 from the line and 6 boards, while Kellie Ring was scoreless on 0-4 from the floor, 4 boards and 2 assists. Canada hit 30-68 (.440) from the floor, 27-54 from the floor, 3-14 (.210) from the arc and 16-22 (.730) from the line, while garnering 67 boards, including 23 on the offensive glass, 21 assists, 26 turnovers, 9 steals, 2 blocks and 16 fouls. Yunseon Choi paced Korea with 12 on 0-1 from the floor and 4-8 from the arc. Sujin Woo added 8 on 1-5 from the floor, 1-6 from the arc, 3-5 from the line, 2 assists and 2 steals. Kyelee Kang added 7 on 2-8 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 3-6 from the line, 4 boards, 7 assists and 3 steals. Changyang Park scored 5 on 1-2 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 4 boards and 2 steals. Jinhee Kim added 3, along with 2 boards, Yoolim Kang 3, along with 5 boards and 2 assists, Haeji Kim 3, along with 3 boards, and Minjeong Kim 1, along with 3 boards, while Youyoung Jang, Jeeeun Jang, Myung Kuwan Lee and Jeongmin Choi were scoreless. Korea hit 13-71 (.180) overall, 6-37 (.160) from the floor, 7-34 (.210) from the arc and 9-16 (.560) from the line, while garnering 29 boards, including 13 on the offensive glass, 13 assists, 18 turnovers, 9 steals, 1 block and 25 fouls.
Canada fell to 2-1 after being whacked 85-65 by Japan. Canada led 20-18 after one quarter. Japan led 37-30 at the half and 61-44 after three quarters. Canadian coach Fabian McKenzie said “we had a great first half. We were playing very, very well and gave up a few uncontested threes to give them a seven-point lead at half. Second half basically the wheels came off for us. We didn’t rebound the ball well, we didn’t stop them from running the actions we prepared for and had done well in the first half. We turned the ball over way too much. Thirty-one turnovers isn’t going to win a whole lot of games for you so we need to refocus. We’re into the medal round now so focus on what’s coming up next and wash this one away and start again.” Ceejay Nofuente said “it was a tough loss on our end. Unforced turnovers and being outrebounded and not enough shots taken on our end. We just need to bounce back and take this one game at a time and regroup to take on whoever comes next.” Midori Murayama paced Japan with 14 on 7-8 from the floor, 0-1 from the line and 5 boards. Shiori Yasuma added 14 on 4-5 from the floor, 6-7 from the line, 4 boards, 16 assists and 4 steals. Mina Ogasawara added 14 on 1-2 from the floor, 3-4 from the arc, 3-4 from the line and 3 boards. Saki Hayashi added 10 on 5-9 from the floor, 0-5 from the arc and 5 steals. Yuriko Tsumura scored 10 on 2-6 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc and 2 boards. Tamani Nakada added 8 on 3-7 from the floor, 2-2 from the line and 2 boards. Aki Fujimoto added 6 on 3-9 from the floor and 4 boards. Mirai Tamura scored 5 on 1-4 from the floor. Mamiko Tanaka scored 4 on 2-7 from the floor, 0-1 from the line, 5 boards and 2 steals, while Nozomi Kato and Nichika Taniguchi were scoreless. Japan hit 33-79 (.420) overall, 28-60 (.470) from the floor, 5-19 (.260) from the arc and 14-22 (.640) from the line, while garnering 36 boards, including 17 on the offensive glass, 22 assists, 10 turnovers, 16 steals, 2 blocks and 18 fouls. Paige Crozon paced Canada with 16 on 3-5 from the floor, 2-5 from the arc, 4-5 from the line and 2 boards. Ceejay Nofuente added 14 on 1-3 from the floor, 2-6 from the arc, 6-7 from the line, 8 boards and 2 assists. Mariah Nunes added 7 on 2-5 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc and 3-3 from the line. Catherine Traer scored 7 on 2-5 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 3-3 from the line and 4 boards. Mael Gilles scored 6 on 2-7 from the floor, 2-2 from the line and 3 boards. Abigail Fogg scored 5 on 2-4 from the floor, 1-2 from the line, 5 boards and 2 blocks. Jaelyne Kirkpatrick scored 2 on 1-1 from the floor and 3 boards. Kellie Ring added 2 on 1-5 from the floor, 2 boards and 3 assists. Alison Keough scored 2 on 1-1 from the floor and 3 boards. Alex Kiss-Rusk added 2 on 1-2 from the floor, 4 boards and 4 assists. Angela Bongomin added 2 on 1-1 from the floor, while Megan Lindquist was scoreless and nabbed 2 boards. Canada hit 21-53 (.400) overall, 17-39 (.440) from the floor, 4-14 (.290) from the arc and 19-22 (.860) from the line, while garnering 41 boards, including 10 on the offensive glass, 13 assists, 31 turnovers, 6 steals, 4 blocks and 21 fouls.
Canada finished 2-1 in pool play and qualified for the quarterfinals.
In the quarterfinals, Chinese Taipei clipped Canada 76-67 after leading 18-17, 35-29 and 56-46 at the quarters. Canadian coach Fabian McKenzie said “really pleased with the second half resilience we showed. Battled back from down 15 and cut it to three and just couldn’t seal the deal. Once again turnovers were our Achilles and we missed twelve bunnies at the rim or around the rim. If we convert those it’s a whole different basketball game. We had some tough luck in spurts but really pleased with how hard we played for most of the game and how we battled as a unit.” Paige Crozon said “that was a tough loss for us all around but I’m really proud of how some players came in and really made a difference and contributed and played really hard. We’re going to move forward and try to get the fifth-place finish in the Universiade Games.” Pin Lo paced Chinese Taipei with 16 on 0-1 from the floor, 4-5 from the arc, 4-4 from the line and 2 boards. Yen Yu Chen added 11 on 4-8 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc and 2 boards. Yu Ting Lin added 11 on 3-6 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 4 assists and 2 steals. Wei Lin Wang added 10 on 2-6 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 3-4 from the line, 4 boards, 2 assists and 3 steals. I Hsiu Cheng added 9 on 4-5 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 1-2 from the line and 2 steals. Hsiang Ting Huang added 6 on 3-6 from the floor and 3 boards. Ling Chuan Huang added 4, Yu Chin Chu 4, Ya En Han 2 and Wei An Chen 2, along with 2 boards, while Cing Yang and Yu Lien Hsu were scoreless. Chinese Taipei hit 29-61 (.480) overall, 21-42 from the floor, 8-19 (.420) from the arc and 10-13 (.770) from the line, while garnering 18 boards, including 5 on the offensive glass, 11 assists, 16 turnovers, 12 steals, 2 blocks and 17 fouls. Paige Crozon paced Canada with 10 on 1-4 from the floor, 2-5 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 4 boards and 7 assists. Alison Keough scored 10 on 4-6 from the floor and 2-2 from the line. Alex Kiss-Rusk scored 10 on 5-7 from the floor and 8 boards. Jaelyne Kirkpatrick scored 9 on 0-2 from the floor and 3-4 from the arc. Mariah Nunes scored 7 on 3-5 from the floor, 1-1 from the line, 2 boards and 2 assists. Catherine Traer added 7 on 1-3 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 5-6 from the line, 4 boards and 4 assists. Abigail Fogg scored 6 on 3-8 from the floor, 13 boards and 2 assists. Mael Gilles added 4 on 1-2 from the floor, 2-2 from the line and 3 boards. Kellie Ring scored 2 on 0-3 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 2 boards. Ceejay Nofuente scored 2 on 0-4 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 3 boards and 3 assists, while Megan Lindquist and Angela Bongomin were scoreless. Lindquist nabbed 3 boards. Canada hit 23-59 (.390) overall, 18-44 (.410) from the floor, 5-15 from the arc and 16-17 (.940) from the line, while garnering 46 boards, including 18 on the offensive glass, 13 assists, 32 turnovers, 4 steals, 3 blocks and 19 fouls.
In the 5-8th playoffs, the United States edged Canada 80-75. The United States led 26-16 after one quarter and 46-41 at the half. Canada led 58-57 after three quarters. Canadian coach Fabian McKenzie said “today was a tough battle. I thought we played the best basketball of the whole tournament so far. We won 25 of the 40 minutes, just some costly offensive rebounds and they hit some tough shots at the end and won by five. We’ll bounce back and play one more game tough and finish up the summer strong.” Mariah Nunes said “we fought hard until the very end and obviously wasn’t the desired outcome. I think that a positive from this game was that we played together and to the very end and had a lot of growth in the process.” Ieshia Small paced the United States with 25 on 11-12 from the floor, 3-6 from the line, 8 boards and 3 assists. Kaila Ashlee Charles added 20 on 8-13 from the floor, 4-5 from the line and 5 boards. Stephanie Jones scored 14 on 6-10 from the floor, 2-3 from the line, 8 boards and 2 blocks. Blair L Watson added 10 on 2-10 from the arc, 4-4 from the line and 3 assists. Victoria Jankoska scored 10 on 3-4 from the floor, 1-6 from the arc, 1-2 from the line and 2 boards. Sarah Myers added 1, along with 2 assists, while Aja Ellison, Channise Lewis, Kristen Confroy, Malina Howard and Brianna Fraser were scoreless. The United States hit 31-66 (.470) overall, 28-48 (.580) from the floor, 3-18 (.170) from the arc and 15-26 (.580) from the line, while garnering 46 boards, including 16 on the offensive glass, 13 assists, 18 turnovers, 5 steals, 8 blocks and 17 fouls. Paige Crozon paced Canada with 15 on 5-10 from the floor, 1-4 from the arc, 2-2 from the line and 5 boards. Marian Nunes added 13 on 4-9 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 5-6 from the line and 2 steals. Abigal Fogg scored 10 on 1-6 from the floor, 2-3 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 8 boards and 2 assists. Mael Gilles added 9 on 4-7 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc and 1-1 from the line. Ceejay Nofuente scored 8 on 4-7 from the floor, 0-2 from the arc, 3 boards and 6 assists. Catherine Traer scored 7 on 2-3 from the floor and 1-4 from the arc. Alex Kiss-Rusk added 6 on 2-3 from the floor, 2-2 from the line, 2 boards and 2 blocks. Alison Keough scored 3 on 1-4 from the floor, 1-2 from the line and 2 boards. Kellie Ring added 2 on 1-5 from the floor and 2 assists. Megan Lindquist scored 2 on 1-1 from the floor, while Jaelyne Kirkpatrick and Angela Bongomin were scoreless. Kirkpatrick nabbed 2 boards. Canada hit 29-72 (.400) overall, 25-55 (.450) from the floor, 4-17 (.240) from the arc and 13-15 (.870) from the line, while garnering 35 boards, including 13 on the offensive glass, 20 assists, 13 turnovers, 5 steals, 4 blocks and 18 fouls.
In the 7th place playoff, Canada clubbed the Czech Republic 84-68. The Czech Republic led 18-17 after one quarter. Canada led 36-20 at the half and 56-48 after three quarters. Canadian coach Fabian McKenzie said “great way to finish our tournament here at the Universiade. We struggled in the first half and turned over the ball too much. We didn’t defend well, but we came out of the locker room with some adjustments and the girls did a fantastic job on their execution to pull away with a win. Great performance today by Paige Crozon and a really fantastic step up performance by Mariah Nunes to help seal the deal. Happy to be finish this tournament with a win.” Paige Crozon said “I thought it was a great team win for us and a great finish to the summer. The team showed a tremendous amount of improvement and development over the course of the five weeks or so we were together, and I’m really proud of my teammates. I’m excited for what the future has to hold for each and every one of them.” Paige Crozon paced Canada with 20 on 2-4 from the floor, 4-5 from the arc, 4-4 from the line, 8 boards, 4 assists and 2 steals. Mariah Nunes added 16 on 6-9 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 4-5 from the line, 5 boards, 4 assists and 4 steals. Alex Kiss-Rusk added 14 on 5-10 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc 4-4 from the line and 4 boards. Catherine Traer scored 8 on 1-3 from the floor, 2-3 from the arc, 2 boards and 2 assists. Ceejay Nofuente added 7 on 0-2 from the floor, 1-3 from the arc, 4-4 from the line, 3 boards, 3 assists and 2 steals. Abigail Fogg scored 6 on 3-3 from the floor. Mael Gilles added 5 on 1-7 from the floor, 1-1 from the arc, 6 boards and 2 assists. Angela Bongomin scored 4 on 1-1 from the floor, 2-2 from the line and 2 boards. Alison Keough scored 2 on 1-2 from the floor and 2 boards. Megan Lindquist added 2 on 2-2 from the line, while Kellie Ring and Jaelyne Kirkpatrick were scoreless. Ring nabbed 3 boards. Kirkpatrick nabbed 3 boards and dished 2 assists. Canada hit 28-56 overall, 20-41 (.490) from the floor, 8-15 (.530) from the arc and 20-21 (.950) from the line, while garnering 43 boards, including 9 on the offensive glass, 17 assists, 29 turnovers, 12 steals, 3 blocks and 22 fouls. Anna Hruskova paced the Czech Republic with 22 on 2-8 from the floor, 4-6 from the arc, 2-2 from the line, 2 boards and 2 steals. Kamila Koskova added 10 on 2-5 from the floor, 1-2 from the arc, 3-3 from the line and 2 steals. Katerina Kozumplinkova added 10 on 2-6 from the floor, 2-5 from the arc, 2 boards and 3 assists. Pamela Effangova scored 9 on 2-5 from the floor, 0-1 from the arc, 5-6 from the line and 3 assists. Aneta Mainclova added 4, along with 3 boards and 2 steals, Michael Mocova 4, along with 3 boards, Eliska Mircova 4, along with 3 assists, Petra Bakajsova 4, along with 10 boards and 3 steals, Terez Kracikova 3, along with 2 boards and Beata Adamcova 2, along with 3 assists, while Eva Kopecka was scoreless and dished 2 assists. The Czech Republic hit 21-17 (.300) overall, 14-50 (.280) from the floor and 19-21 (.900) from the line, while garnering 31 boards, including 13 on the offensive glass, 15 assists, 18 turnovers, 16 steals, 1 block and 20 fouls.